Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-10-20

a"u "sohaSc touas, hcN. II. DichiHSoii
officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Ball, OF St. Louis,
nephew and niece of A, +. Armstrong
Esq, are visiting the family of that
gentleman this week.
III. w. Garnes, union labor speaker
from Guthrie county, spoke to an au.
dience of three at Kimballton last Sat.
urday evening and the three claim that
1t was slim picking.
There is young girl, handsome Of
form and feature, but deaf and mute,
who comes to this Office for paper scraps.
Our foreman has an eye upon her as q
congenial life partner,
Supervisor Jensen is suffering from a
lame shoulder, the result Of being
thrown from horse. He is confined
to his home for the present but 1t is
hoped he win soon be out again.
The board Of supervisors of Carroll
county has appointed N. j, HERES SUI
perintendent vice ii. j. Gabel, deceas.
ed. The candidates desired the prestige
of appointment, but the board wisely
said no.
Frank Gleason returned from Michi.
gan Tuesday evening. While there he
bought hundreds Of barrels OF Michigan
apples which will arrive and be on sale
in ample time for winter storage,
Choice varieties and good quality.
Ko-ko was unfortunate In having
politicians on the list of those who will
not be missed, at this time, when every
citizen Is bowed down with the respon.
sibility Of polling the vote Of his town,
ship for his especial friend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. b. Cousins started
Tuesday morning for Cedar Rapids,
where they will attend the reunion OF
the twenty-fourth regiment |. |. ", on
the 10th, Goth and 2lst. Mr.. Cousin,
will deliver an address on the 10th.
We are in receipt Of time card de-
noting the movement Of the presidential
train on the Chicago & North Western
railroad between Chicago and Milwau
kee. The card is of artistic design and
very pretty souvenir Of the occasion.
J.K. Smith & Son, of Viola Center
have secured the right to manufacture
and sell in the county buttons improv,
ed spring bed bottoms, most ingenious
and substantial device that is pro.
nounced superior to the Justly celebrat,
cd woven wire mattresses.
The town and county Of Audubon
have issued an illustrated pamphlet of
forty-eight pages, advertising their town
and county. A good showing Is made
for both, and deservedly so. Audubon
is good town and Audubon county is
a fine body ofland.--Atiantic Telegraph.
Rev. J. b. Harris is taking a we'll de-.
served vacation Of fortnight, and
is making a trip In the south, Mississippi
and Georgia being the especial states
Of his visit. His labors have not been
remitting during the summer months,
and the vacation, made entertaining
by changing scenes, can not but be
of benefit to him.
Hans Johnson has just completed a
nice residence on his farm near Kim.
ballton. It's 1sx26 and l4xlS n story
and half high, and and adorned with
dormer windows. 1t is now receiving
the finishing touches at the hands Of
the painter, the body being apple green,
with trimmings Of darker shade. Mr..
johnson has q fine farm and q good
house.
We have not heard favorable OK.
pressions from any of those who saw
the presidential aggregation at Omaha,
regarding the appearance Of President
Cleveland. We had reason to expect
that our brother Of the democratic
press would perform the act dutiful and
perpetrate eulogy, but 1t Is not forth
coming. Ii was doubtless crowded out
by Tam's harangue.
1t is rumored that the Chicago &
North Western road Is to lay double
track between Chicago & Council
Bluffs. That road certainly has the
heaviest business Of any line running
between those cities, and the time is not
far distant when the proposed improve
ment will be necessity. The popu-
iarity of this road is well deserved ,
its equipment is complete and the
employees are accommodating and pains
taking in administering to the comfort
of patrons.
The work of boring for gas at Jeffer-
son was rewarded by rich find last
Wednesday, the 18th. The workmen
were boring twenty inch hole, and
had poured small quantity of water
in the well to facilitate the work, when,
at a depth of seventy feet, q kissing,
bubbling sound was heard which proved
to be the gas escaping through the
water. A match was applied when a
flame stretched into the air twenty feet
The work of combining the gas to a
smaller pipe, and giving 1t thorough
and practical test, is now in progress,
with every prospect Of most satisfactory
results.
Prof.Z. r. Hawk Is already demon.
strating his superior ability in the
school room, and we hear many words
of commentator as to his superintend.
ency. He has the assistance Of very
efficient corps of instructors, and good
results are confidently expected from
the years work. In history the Profes
sor has introduced addresses from vet.
Grams of the late war to more graphically
describe the incidents Of the rebellion
Capt. L. $. Foster delivered the initial
address last Friday, his subject being
the battle of Vicksburg. This feature
will prove highly interesting and in.
structive to the pupils, and If the
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